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Details about mPower from Powergenworldwide.com and Chris Mowry

March 3, 2010 by Rod Adams
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PowerGenWorldWide.com has published a fascinating interview with Chris Mowry, President and CEO, Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Modular Nuclear Energy titled The mPowerTM Modular Reactor. The conversation goes into significant detail about B&W's design decisions, target market, engineering constraints, and desire to make use of its... [read more]

Nukes: Why small is beautiful

February 21, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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If anyone tells you they know what building a new nuclear power plant is going to cost, be skeptical. No one has built a commercial nuclear power plant in decades in the U.S. During the 1970s and 1980s, cost overruns derailed more than 100 reactors. (Ever-increasing regulatory burdens and sky-high interest rates drove up costs, too.) In... [read more]

Update on Babcock and Wilcox mPower Modular Reactor

November 21, 2009 by Rod Adams
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During the ANS Winter Meeting, I stopped by the B&W booth and had a chat with some of the booth representatives about the progress that the company is making on its mPowerTM modular reactor. We had a good conversation about steady progress and a project that is meeting its planned milestones. I received a promise for an updated set... [read more]